Watershed Post Activity

After reading the consequences of you actions as a city planner, what are a few things we can do as individuals to help our watershed?


What changes would you make around our city, neighborhood, or the like in regards to the watershed to make it better?

Watershed Pre-activity Questions

What do you think a watershed is?

Can you think of somewhere that you have heard that word before, where? How was it used?

Why would this be important?

Springs and Mass Concluding Questions

In a short essay, address the following questions:

• What amount mass made your spring stretch the largest on Earth?

• What amount mass made your spring stretch the least on Earth? 

• Was your hypothesis correct or incorrect?

• Why did one amount of mass make the spring stretch more than the others?

• How did the results of the experiment at another location compare to your Earth results?
• Where did the spring stretch the farthest and with which amount of mass?
• Predict why that may be.

• Did you have any problems with the experiment?

• What could you have done to make the experiment more accurate?

Mass and Springs Questions

1. How do you think a spring will respond when a small amount of mass is hooked onto the end of it?

2. How do you think the spring will respond to a greater amount of mass?

3. What place have you chosen for your comparison?

4. How do you think that the spring will respond to mass in that environment?


Your answer will be considered your hypothesis.

Food Pyramid Questions

After playing the game, please answer these questions.

1. Explain why it is important to eat foods from each category of the food pyramid.

2. Predict what might happen if you were to eliminate one or more of the food pyramid categories.

3. Look at the food pyramid of what you ate yesterday. Compare and contrast your pyramid with the official food pyramid. What is different? What can you do to eat a more balanced diet?

4. Suppose you have a friend that loves candy and yogurt, all she eats is chocolate, taffy and go-gurts. Can you devise a plan to help your friend live a healthier life style? Why is what she is doing wrong or right?

The Nature of Science: Students

How does science influence your life? Can you think of anything in your life that has been influenced by science (hint: there are endless options)? Are there any hypotheses you have that you want to test? If so, what are they?

The Nature of Science: Colleagues

How does having hands on experiences in science classes make the learning deeper? What is it about "traditional" science classes that make it seem so dreadful?